Accession No
1931.448
Description
Iron knife, broken back seax or scramasax. Slightly curved cutting edge. On one face, the back is decorated below a grooved line with two inlaid lines of toothed copper alloy, the lower of which has seven small scrolls descending towards the cutting edge; the two parallel lines diverge slightly and are joined at the widest part with two diagonal lines. Triangular tang. Point missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Chesterton
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society; Ruddy, A. [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1931.448
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Copper Alloy; ?Brass
Local Term
Measurements
43mm x 299mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found: On the right of the Cam, in a field adjoining the railway embankment, on the mud dredged from the river, just beyond the Pike and Eel; Collected by: Ruddy.A
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Ornamented on one face with two lines of inlaid brass, terminating in irregular loops, parallel with and close to the blunt edge.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Roesdahl et al. The Vikings in England (The Anglo-Danish Viking Project: London 1981) p. 63.
Event Date 1981
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife, broken back seax or scramasax. Slightly curved cutting edge. On one face, the back is decorated below a grooved line with two inlaid lines of toothed copper alloy, the lower of which has seven small scrolls descending towards the cutting edge; the two parallel lines diverge slightly and are joined at the widest part with two diagonal lines. Triangular tang. Point missing.
Event Date 16/12/2024
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:8899
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